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Making Sense of Sense ContainmentHistory and Philosophy of Logic 38 (4): 364-385. 2017.Proposition 5.122 of Wittgenstein’s Tractatus has been the source of much puzzlement among interpreters, so much so that no fully satisfactory account is yet available. This is unfortunate, if only because the containment account of logical consequence has a venerable tradition behind it. Pasquale Frascolla’s interpretation of proposition 5.122 is based on a valid argument and one true premise. However, the argument explains sense containment only in an indirect way, leaving some crucial questio…Read more
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A Pragmatic Logic for ExpressivismTheoria 86 (3): 309-340. 2020.This article aims to show that the incompatibility between the application of logic to norms and values and the expressive conception of these notions – basically summed up by the Frege–Geach problem – can be overcome. To this end, a logic is constructed for the expressive conception of norms and values which provides a solution to the Frege–Geach problem and is not affected by the limitations that occur in some previous attempts. More specifically, a pragmatic language LP is introduced which is…Read more
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Università degli Studi di SienaPost-doctoral Fellow
Universities of Genoa, Turin, Pavia, Eastern Piedmont (FINO Philosophy Consortium)
Alumnus
Siena, Italy
Areas of Specialization
Logic and Philosophy of Logic |
Philosophy of Language |
General Philosophy of Science |
Areas of Interest
Logic and Philosophy of Logic |
Philosophy of Language |
General Philosophy of Science |